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May 17, 2020 | Expanded 2-Letter Spelling Bee Answers and More for Print
This page lists expanded answers for the New York Times Spelling Bee from May 17, 2020, including disallowed words, with four-letter words excluded to facilitate solvers of the print edition.


Instructions

In the box below, enter the 7 letters from today’s New York Times Spelling Bee and click redo hints. Be sure to capitalize the puzzle’s center letter, and enter the other letters in lower case.

Alternatively, simply click hints above for help with today’s puzzle. Mark the checkboxes below and click redo hints to customize your level of help.


center letter UCILPRT
Spelling Bee for May 17, 2020

Related puzzles
Center letter L: October 31, 2018

words: 48
score: 289 pts
pangrams: 1
perfect: 1
compounds: 8

C x 9
I x 3
L x 5
P x 14
T x 10
U x 7

5L x 21
6L x 17
7L x 5
8L x 5

  5 6 7 8 tot
C 4 2 3 - 9
I 1 2 - - 3
L 2 - 2 1 5
P 5 6 - 3 14
T 5 5 - - 10
U 4 2 - 1 7
tot 21 17 5 5 48

Click an item below for its 3-letter tally
CI x 1 CU x 8
IL x 2 IR x 1
LI x 5
PI x 6 PR x 1 PU x 7
TI x 3 TR x 2 TU x 5
UL x 1 UP x 5 UT x 1
UTR x 1

cmp 5 6 7 tot
C 1 - - 1
L - - 1 1
P - 1 - 1
U 3 2 - 5
tot 4 3 1 8

debut appearances 2

CULPRIT

word       length      
CIRCUIT 7 debut
CUCULLI 7
CUIUI 5
CULPRIT 7 perfect pangram
CULTI 5
CULTIC 6
CUPRIC 6
CURLI 5
CUTUP * 5
ILLUI 5
ILLUPI 6
IRRUPT 6
LILLIPUT 8
LIPCURL * 7
LIPURIC 7
LITUI 5
LIULI 5
PICUL 5
PILPUL 6
PILPULIC 8
PIPUL 5
PITURI 6
PIUPIU 6
PRURITIC 8
PULLI 5
PULLUP * 6
PULPIT 6
PUPIL 5
PURIRI 6
PURPURIC 8
PUTTI 5
TITTUP 6
TITULI 6
TITUP 5
TRULL 5
TRUTI 5
TUCUPI 6
TULIP 5
TURPIT 6
TUTTI 5
TUTULI 6
ULUIT 5
UPCURL * 6
UPCUT * 5
UPLIT * 5
UPTIL * 5
UPTILT * 6
UTRICULI 8

* compound(ish) word

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